Justice and Revenge in Contemporary American Crime Fiction

by ProfessorStuartSim (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2015

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  The detective figure in contemporary American crime fiction increasingly relies on revenge to bring about justice in a society where there has been a sharp decline in moral values. This study demonstrates how the notion of the detective as a moral exemplar or heroic ideal breaks down in the works of writers such as James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky.